Elise Stefanik Accuses the Postal Service of Stealing Donor Checks

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) claims employees of the U.S. 📮Postal Service have stolen her campaign checks.

Stefanik made the accusation in a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Thursday.

“We are writing you on behalf of our clients, Congresswoman 👤Elise Stefanik and her campaign committee, Elise for Congress, concerning the repeated, targeted theft of campaign contributions from packages sent through the United States 📮Postal Service(‘USPS’),” Stefanik’s lawyer, Michael Toner, wrote.

The letter continues, “On four separate occasions between June 2022 and November 2022, packages sent by Elise for Congress containing campaign contributions were ripped open and the contents stolen while in the custody of USPS or its contractors. Three of these incidents occurred in a single week.”

According to Stefanik’s lawyer, “The evidence indicates that Elise for Congress’s packages were plundered by a USPS employee or contractor while the packages were in transit.”

The letter claims the “repeated security failures by USPS have not only resulted in the loss of nearly $20,000 in campaign contributions, but also—and more alarmingly—have exposed hundreds of Congresswoman Stefanik’s campaign supporters to potential identity theft or financial fraud.”